[Vwdiesel] Fw: [BSKA] TDI engine swaps

[Tad]

It's been a few years, but I've heard (on TDIClub I think) that it's getting
more difficult to get front clips past the customs guys.  Of course that
would only be relevant for vehicles less than 25 years old.

On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 9:07 PM, Dave Cook <davevw at yahoo.com> wrote:

> All-
>
> I know this guy through the Buskatiers (VW Bus owners club).  He lives in
> Ireland part time (wife's family) and Northern California part time (where
> his family is).  Since marrying his wife, he has started buying and selling
> US parts there, and European parts here.  He sent this message to the
> Buskatier email list to judge interest in getting donor parts and whether it
> would be worthwhile for him.
>
> I told him that for an engine conversion, I thought it would be nice to
> have the whole clip as opposed to just an engine, as you can physically look
> and see how parts are mounted to the car and interact with one another.  At
> least it was for me when I did a diesel conversion into a Cabriolet a few
> years back.
>
> He is an upstanding guy and I would trust him fully to live up to a
> business transaction, I have met him on several occasions and have heard
> nothing but good from others.  BTW, here in the US he drives a
> Toyota-powered VW Bus called "Road Cow" which is painted like the name
> implies.  I told him I would forward the information.
>
> Contact Britt Grannis hillcountry at ctr.net if you might be interested in a
> clip.
>
> Dave Cook
>
>
> --- On Tue, 1/4/11, Britt Grannis <hillcountry at ctr.net> wrote:
>
> > From: Britt Grannis <hillcountry at ctr.net>
> > Subject: [BSKA] TDI engine swaps
> > To: bbaecht at sunflower.com, buskatiers at buskatiers.org
> > Date: Tuesday, January 4, 2011, 4:05 PM
> > Hi Everyone,
> > I'm currently sitting in the front room looking out at the
> > rain falling. I'm very happy to see the rain as it melts the
> > darned snow!
> > I just got home last night from our AGM for one of the VW
> > clubs here in Ireland. AGM is the Annual General meeting. I
> > was talking to some of the guys trying to come up with ways
> > to get parts here which we have in the US and then a way to
> > get the parts we have here to the US. I just bought a 2001
> > T4 Syncro 2.5 TDI. I got to thinking this would make a
> > perfect vehicle to drive to Alaska and how could I get it to
> > California. I have found a short term solution and can keep
> > the Van there for 9 months.
> > I also own a 96 Golf TDI and it is amazing what type of
> > fuel mileage I get. I have a source for 20 to 30 Mk3 Golf,
> > Bora, and Jetta TDI's. I can get TDI Passat's and even the
> > 1.9 Td's as well as the 1.9 D engines.
> > Here's my question for the masses.
> > If I were to buy some of these cars and cut the front clip
> > off and save the doors and rear bumper and ship them over
> > would there be a market to sell them. I'd have available the
> > complete engine, trans, ECU, wiring harness, dash cluster,
> > foot pedal cluster, even all of the Right hand Drive
> > components if someone had a Mk3 Golf to convert. I see in
> > Las Vegas that there is a guy importing from Germany and he
> > gets $2400 for a TDI engine and that's just starting. I will
> > ship the whole front clip over and it should have everything
> > but the engine to trans adapter for a Bus and you'd still
> > have the trans to sell on to re-coop some costs. I think I
> > can do this for $3000 landed in San Francisco and if I could
> > get 4 orders I could deliver to Bustoberfest for fuel costs.
> > BIG ???? Can I get enough people interested to make it worth
> > my efforts?
> > Send me an email to hillcountry at ctr.net
> > with TDI in the title and we can talk.
> > I hope everyone has a wonderful year!
> > Cheers,
> > Britt
> >
> >
>
>
>
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